This is an analysis of the poem The Hands Of The Betrothed that begins with:

Her tawny eyes are onyx of thoughtlessness,
Hardened they are like gems in ancient modesty; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc abab dede dfdf efef cbcb eeee gcgc hihi fdfd gjgj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011100100 101111010100 1101101101 11011010101 101011100010 10101001011111 11110101010 1011110101 110010111010 1011101111001 1110110110110 01010100101 101110100111 1001111100101 1110111101 11010010111 11001111111 1101001010010 01111011111 0100011010110 110001101111 110110010101 011111100001 1011010111011 11011010101 110101001001 10111101001 1110100101 1111011101 10011100111 11111010101 0110010111 01111101001 001100000101 1111100111 1001111101 1111010101 1001110011 1101110101 0100010101 110011100101 101101101101 100110111111 001001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, birds, like, how, she, it, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Hands Of The Betrothed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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